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Books, Maps, Manuscripts and Historical Photographs

Auction 17860
23 Nov 2010, starting at 13:00 GMT.
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Sold for £62,400 inc. premium
MORE (THOMAS) A fruteful and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle ...
Sold for £38,400 inc. premium
ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, 3 vol.
Sold for £16,800 inc. premium
ROBERTS (DAVID) Egypt and Nubia... With Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon, 3 vol. in 2
Sold for £16,800 inc. premium
ELIZABETH I

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1 AUDEN (W.H.) £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
2 BOND (MICHAEL) A Bear Called Paddington... With Drawings by Peggy Fortnum £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
3 FLEMING (IAN) £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
4 FLEMING (IAN) £659
€781
US$ 1,005
5 FLEMING (IAN) Casino Royale £3,479
€4,119
US$ 5,301
6 FLEMING (IAN) Live and Let Die £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
7 FLEMING (IAN) Moonraker £6,599
€7,812
US$ 10,054
8 FLEMING (IAN) Diamonds Are Forever £4,199
€4,971
US$ 6,398
9 FLEMING (IAN) From Russia with Love £3,599
€4,261
US$ 5,484
10 FLEMING (IAN) Dr. No £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
11 FLEMING (IAN) Goldfinger £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
12 FLEMING (IAN) For Your Eyes Only £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
13 FLEMING (IAN) Thunderball £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
14 FLEMING (IAN) The Spy Who Loved Me, [1962]; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, [1963]; You Only Live Twice, [1964]; The Man With the Golden Gun, [1965], FIRST EDITIONS £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
15 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of James Baldwin £359
€426
US$ 548
16 GERSON (MARK) Faber poets [T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes, Stephen Spender, Louis MacNeice]; W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot and his wife Valerie £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
17 GERSON (MARK) Full-length portrait of Evelyn Waugh £479
€568
US$ 731
18 GERSON (MARK) Portaits of William Golding (playing chess), [1970]; Walter de la Mare, [1953]; Roald Dahl; John Osborne (with a backdrop of "Look Back in Anger" at the Royal Court Theatre £1,103
€1,306
US$ 1,681
19 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of Salman Rushdie £479
€568
US$ 731
20 GERSON (MARK) Portrait of Edith Sitwell, holding her cat Leo £659
€781
US$ 1,005
22 HARDY (THOMAS) The Works, 37 vol., LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR £2,399
€2,841
US$ 3,656
23 JAMES (HENRY) Works, 26 vol., NUMBER 138 OF 156 COPIES £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
25 LAWRENCE (D.H.) £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
26 LE FANU (JOSEPH SHERIDAN) In a Glass Darkly, 3 vol. £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
27 POTTER (BEATRIX) £4,799
€5,682
US$ 7,312
28 ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone £6,599
€7,812
US$ 10,054
29 ROWLING (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone £4,799
€5,682
US$ 7,312
30 SIMENON (GEORGES) Lost Moorings £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
31 STEVENSON (ROBERT LOUIS) £1,439
€1,704
US$ 2,193
32 TOLKIEN (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings, 3 vol., FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST IMPRESSIONS £5,039
€5,966
US$ 7,677
33 WAUGH (EVELYN) Helena, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
34 WAUGH (EVELYN) The Holy Places, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER ONE OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR £1,319
€1,562
US$ 2,010
35 WELLS (H.G.) The Time Machine. An Invention £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
36 WILDE (OSCAR) £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
38 BERMUDA SPEED (JOHN) A Mapp of the Sommer Ilands once Called the Bermudas £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
40 CAMDEN (WILLIAM) Britain, or a Chrorographicall Description of the Most Flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and the Islands Adioyning, out of the Depth of Antiquitie; Beautified with Mappes of the Severall Shire of England £4,799
€5,682
US$ 7,312
42 CARY (JOHN) Cary's New Universal Atlas containing distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
44 ENGLAND AND WALES SPEED (JOHN) The Kingdome of England £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
45 ENGLAND and WALES SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) and ABRHAM ORTELIUS. Anglia regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
46 ENGLAND and WALES SPEED (JOHN) The Kingdome of England £599
€710
US$ 914
47 GREAT BRITAIN VRIENTS (JAN BAPTIST) and ABRAHAM ORTELIUS. Angliae et Hiberniae accurata descriptio, veteribus et recentioribus nominibus illustrata £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
48 HEPTARCHY SPEED (JOHN) Britain as it Was Divided in the Tyme of the Englishe Saxons, Especially during the Heptarchy £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
49 HODGSON (O., publisher) The Pocket Tourist & English Atlas, Being a New and Complete Set of County Maps £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
50 LONDON DE WIT (FREDERICK) London £659
€781
US$ 1,005
51 LONDON HOMANN'S HEIRS. Urbium Londini et West-Monasterii nec non suburbii Southwark £1,019
€1,207
US$ 1,553
52 ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Theatrum orbis terrarum] £8,399
€9,943
US$ 12,796
53 PIGOT & CO. (JAMES) [British Atlas of the Counties of England], in 3 original parts £839
€994
US$ 1,279
54 SOCIETY FOR THE DIFFUSION OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE Maps, vol. 2 only £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
55 WORLD [ORTELIUS (ABRAHAM) Typus orbis terrarum £3,119
€3,693
US$ 4,753
56 WYLD (JAMES) A New General Atlas of Modern Geography, Consisting of a Complete Collection of Maps of The Four Quarters of the Globe... Including also the Latest Geographical and Nautical Discoveries £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
57 BRITTEN (BENJAMIN) £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
58 DEBUSSY (CLAUDE) £779
€923
US$ 1,188
59 DELIUS (FREDERICK) £779
€923
US$ 1,188
60 DVORAK (ANTON) £659
€781
US$ 1,005
62 ELGAR (EDWARD) £839
€994
US$ 1,279
63 ELGAR (EDWARD) £4,199
€4,971
US$ 6,398
64 ELGAR (EDWARD) £2,399
€2,841
US$ 3,656
65 GRIEG (EDVARD) £479
€568
US$ 731
66 JOACHIM (JOSEPH) £455
€539
US$ 694
67 LISZT (FRANZ) £539
€639
US$ 822
68 MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (FELIX) £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
69 MUSIC and LITERATURE £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
70 RAVEL (MAURICE) £719
€852
US$ 1,096
71 SCHUMANN (CLARA) £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
72 WAGNER (RICHARD) £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
73 ANSON (GEORGE) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
75 CERVANTES SAAVEDRA (MIGUEL DE) The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
76 CHAUCER (GEOFFREY) The Works... Compared with the Former Editions, and Many Valuable Mss. Out of Which, Three Tales are Added Which Were Never before Printed, by John Urry £659
€781
US$ 1,005
77 CORYATE (THOMAS) Coryats Crudities: hastily gobled up in five moneths travells... newly digested in the hungry aire of Odcombe in the county of Somerset, and now dispersed to the nourishment of the travelling members of this kingdome £6,599
€7,812
US$ 10,054
78 FONTENELLE (BERNARD DE BOVIER DE) Oeuvres diverses...nouvelle edition, augmentée & enrichie de figures gravées, 3 vol. £719
€852
US$ 1,096
79 FROISSART (JEAN) Here Begynneth the Fyrst Volum [the thirde and fourthe boke] of Syr Johan Froyssart: of the Cronycles of Englande, Fraunce, Spayne, Portyngale, Scotlande, Bretaynge, Flaunders: and other Places Adioynynge. Translated out of Frenche into our Materall Englysche Tonge by Johan Bouchier Knyghte Lorde Berners, 2 works in one vol. £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
80 FRYER (JOHN) A New Account of East-India and Persia... Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672. And Finished 1681 £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
81 HAKLUYT (RICHARD) The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land, to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarter of the Earth, at Any Time within the Compasse of these 1600 Yeeres, 3 vol. in 2 £5,999
€7,102
US$ 9,140
82 HOMER The Iliad, 6 vol. £3,599
€4,261
US$ 5,484
83 LE BRUN (CORNELIUS) Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and Part of the East-Indies, 2 vol. £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
84 LOCKE (JOHN) The Works, 3 vol. £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
85 MORYSON (FYNES) An Itinerary... Containing His Ten Yeeres Travell through the Twelve Dominions of Germany, Bohmerland, Sweitzerland, Netherland, Denmarke, Poland, Italy. Turkey, France, England, Scotland and Ireland, 3 parts in one vol. £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
86 PICART (BERNARD) Le temple des muses orné de LX. tableaux ou sont représéntes les evenemens les plus remarquables de l'antiquité fabuleuse; dessinés & gravés par B. Picart Le Romain... et accompagnés d'explications et de remarques, qui découvrent le vrai sens des fables, & le fondement qu'elles on dans l'histoire £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
87 PLUMIER (CHARLES) L'art de tourner, ou de faire en perfection toutes sortes d'ouvrages au tour £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
88 POPE (ALEXANDER) The Works, 4 vol. £599
€710
US$ 914
89 RACINE (JEAN BAPTISTE) Oeuvres, 3 vol. £899
€1,065
US$ 1,371
91 VERGILIUS MARO (PUBLIUS) The Works of Virgil: containing his Pastoral, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden, LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF JOHN DRYDEN'S TRANSLATION £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
93 AGRICOLA (RUDOLPHUS) Historia periucunda sanctissime matris Anne... carmine heroico: edita. Magister Joannes Martini saganensis £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
95 ALMANAC Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord God 1762... Adorn'd with Many Delightful and Useful Verities, Fitting all Capacities in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy £719
€852
US$ 1,096
96 ANNESLEY (GEORGE, Viscount Valentia) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon and the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, 3 vol. £779
€923
US$ 1,188
97 ANTARCTIC and EVEREST £503
€596
US$ 767
98 ANTIGUA OLIVER (VERE LANGFORD) The History of the Island of Antigua. One of the Leeward Caribbees in the West Indies, From the First Settlement in 1635 to the Present Time, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 36 OF 150 COPIES £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
99 ATKINSON (JOHN AUGUSTUS) and JAMES WALKER A Picturesque Representation of the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the Russians, 3 vol. £2,039
€2,414
US$ 3,107
101 AURELI (AURELIO) and BERNADO SABADINI Il favore de gli dei. Drama fantastico musicale fatto... Duca di Parma nel suo gran teatro per principe Odoardo suo primo genito con... Dorotea Sofia di Neoburgo £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
103 BAIRD and TELEVISION DINSDALE (ALFRED) Television, FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY JOHN LOGIE BAIRD £1,439
€1,704
US$ 2,193
105 BIBLE, in English, Authorised version The Holy Bible, King James' Great "She" Bible £14,399
€17,046
US$ 21,937
107 BINDING, SCOTTISH La Sainte Bible £455
€539
US$ 694
108 BINDING, SCOTTISH The Book of Common Prayer £659
€781
US$ 1,005
109 BLACK (JOSEPH) £3,839
€4,545
US$ 5,849
111 BOYDELL (JOHN and JOSIAH) A Collection of Prints Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare, by the Artists of Great Britain, 2 vol. £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
112 CAMERON (JULIA MARGARET) TAYLOR (HENRY) Philip van Artevelde, flyleaf inscribed "Julia Margaret Cameron from Henry Taylor", 1864; Autobiography of Henry Taylor £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
113 CARTER (HOWARD) £3,839
€4,545
US$ 5,849
114 CARTER (JOHN) and E.P. GOLDSCHMIDT £539
€639
US$ 822
115 CHARNOCK (JOHN) An History of Marine Architecture. Including an Enlarged and Progressive View of the Nautical Regulations and Naval History, Both Civil and Military, of All Nations, 3 vol. £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
116 CHARLES II £1,019
€1,207
US$ 1,553
117 CHURCHILL (WINSTON) £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
118 CHURCHILL (WINSTON) The Works, 34 vol. £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
119 COLLINGS PAPERS – ORWELL'S SOUTHWOLD and MALAYSIAN ANTHROPOLOGY £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
120 CONSET (JOHN) The Olive Branch, or the Miraculous Restauration of Peace, Both to Church & State in Great Britain and Ireland, May 29. 1660 £8,999
€10,654
US$ 13,710
121 COOKERY and MEDICINE A collection of six culinary and medical recipe books £659
€781
US$ 1,005
122 COOKERY BATTAM (ANNE) A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Receipts, Never Before Printed, and Taken from the Manuscripts of Divers Persons of the Most Refin'd Taste and Greatest Judgment in the Arts of Cookery, Preserving, &c... Together with Directions for Making Several Sorts of Wines, Mead, Sherbert, Punch £2,399
€2,841
US$ 3,656
123 COSTUME Petit courrier des dames, ou nouveau journal des modes, des théatres, de la littérature et des arts, 13 vol. (incomplete run between volume nos. 8 and 36) £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
124 CORNWALL – BODMIN £3,839
€4,545
US$ 5,849
125 CRIMEAN WAR £839
€994
US$ 1,279
126 CRIMEAN WAR PERCEVAL (Lieutenant E.A.) Panoramic View of Sebastopol £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
128 CROMWELL (RICHARD) £3,599
€4,261
US$ 5,484
129 CURIE (MARIE) Propriétés magnétiques des aciers trempés. Par Mme. Sklodowska Curie [offprint from the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale], AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY £5,759
€6,818
US$ 8,774
130 CURTIS (JOHN) British Entomology; Being Illustrations and Descriptions of the Genera of Insects Found in Great Britain and Ireland... and in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which They Are Found, 16 vol. £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
131 CURTIS (WILLIAM) The Botanical Magazine; Or Flower-Garden Displayed, vol. 3-16, 19-32 and 44 in 15 vol., plus index to vol.1-20, together 16 vol. £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
132 DE TERRA RUBEA (JOANNES) Contra Rebelles suorum Regum £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
134 DICKENS (CHARLES) £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
135 DISRAELI (BENJAMIN) £5,759
€6,818
US$ 8,774
136 DRUMMOND (ALEXANDER) Travels through Different Cities of Germany, Italy, Greece, and Several Parts of Asia, as far as the Banks of the Euphrates £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
138 DURET (THÉODORE) Histoire des peintres impressionistes £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
139 EDWARD VI £10,199
€12,074
US$ 15,538
140 ELIZABETH I £16,799
€19,887
US$ 25,593
141 FAUST WIDMANN (GEORG RUDOLPH) Das ärgerliche Leben und schreckliche Ende dess ... D. J. Fausti ... Jetzo, aufs neue übersehen und ... vermehret durch J. N. Pfitzerum ... Nebst vorangefügtem Bericht C. W. Platzii ... von der ... Zauberey-Sünde; und einem Anhange, von den Lapponischen Wahrsager-Paucken £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
143 FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL, Lord) The Works, 2 vol.; Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 2 vol. £779
€923
US$ 1,188
144 FRANCE - MILITARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL £2,879
€3,409
US$ 4,387
146 GALLUS, Abbas Cisterciensis Malogranatum [Dyalogus dictus Malogranatum] £5,039
€5,966
US$ 7,677
147 GARRICK (DAVID) The Book of Common Prayer, DAVID GARRICK'S COPY £1,439
€1,704
US$ 2,193
149 GOLTZIUS (HUBERTUS) C. Iulius Caesar sive historiae imperatorem Caesarumque Romanorum ex antiquis numismatibus restitutae liber primus £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
150 GRAY (THOMAS) [MAINWARING (JOHN)] Memoirs of the Life of the late George Frederick Handel. To which is added a Catalogue of his Works, THOMAS GRAY'S COPY £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
151 HOCKNEY (DAVID) Paper Pools, NUMBER 411 OF 1000 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED COLOUR LITHOGRAPH £8,399
€9,943
US$ 12,796
152 HUTCHESON (FRANCIS) A System of Moral Philosophy, in Three Books, 2 vol. £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
154 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY, Franciscan £9,599
€11,364
US$ 14,624
155 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, Use of Paris £7,799
€9,233
US$ 11,882
156 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS, Use of Rouen £15,599
€18,467
US$ 23,765
157 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT [Book of Hours] £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
158 INDIAN MUTINY and CRIMEA £5,399
€6,392
US$ 8,226
159 INDIAN MUTINY £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
160 IONIAN ISLANDS and ROYALTY £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
161 ISDELL (SARAH)] The Vale of Louisiana. An American Tale, 2 vol. £4,559
€5,398
US$ 6,946
163 JARDINE (WILLIAM, editor) The Naturalist's Library, 42 vol. (including 2 supplementary volumes) £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
164 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
165 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) BENNET (E.A.) C.G. Jung, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S COPY £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
167 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) Psychological Analysis of Nietzsche's Zarathustra, Notes on the Seminar given by Prof. Dr. C.G. Jung, vol. 1-2 only, PRESENTATION COPY FROM JUNG TO E.A. BENNET £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
168 JUNG (CARL GUSTAV) Welt der Psyche. Eine Auswahl zur Einfuhrung, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM JUNG TO E.A. BENNET £479
€568
US$ 731
170 JUNG - ADLER ARCHIVE An extensive archive of manuscript material, sketchbooks, watercolours and ephemera relating to the work of Jungian analyists Gerhard and Hella Adler £3,359
€3,977
US$ 5,118
171 KNOWLES (GEORGE BEAUCHAMP) and FREDERIC WESTCOTT The Floral Cabinet, and Magazine of Exotic Botany, 3 vol. £899
€1,065
US$ 1,371
172 KALM (PETER) Travels into North America; Containing its Natural History, and a Circumstantial Account of its Plantations and Agriculture... Civil, Ecclesiastical and Commercial State of the Country, 3 vol. £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
173 KOSTER (HENRY) Travels in Brazil £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
174 LAW (JOHN)] Calendarium lunae perpetuum: Seu, cursus lunae accurate monstratus, et expedita mehtodo computatus, pro omnibus solis et lunae eclipsibus una cum omnibus noviluniis et pleniluniis, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
175 LEO I, Pope [Sermones] Incipit: Iohannis andree episcopi aleriensis ad summu[m] pontificem paulum secundum Venetum £2,399
€2,841
US$ 3,656
176 LEONARDO DA VINCI Recueil de testes de caractere & de charges dessinées par Leonard de Vinci... & gravées par M. le C[omte] de C[aylus] £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
177 LEWIN (WILLIAM) The Birds of Great Britain, Systematically Arranged, Accurately Engraved, and Painted from Nature; With Descriptions, Including the Natural History of Each Bird, 8 vol. bound in 4 £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
178 LITERATURE – DICKENS and BROWNING £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
179 LORD (THOMAS) Lord's Entire New System of Ornithology or Oecumenical History of British Birds £1,439
€1,704
US$ 2,193
181 MADRID Madrid, capitale d'Espagne £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
182 MALTHUS (THOMAS ROBERT) An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness... a New Edition, Very Much Enlarged £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
183 MATISSE (HENRI) Poèmes de Charles d'Orléans, FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 237 of 1200 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST £1,559
€1,846
US$ 2,376
185 MEL (CONRAD) Legatio orientalis, sinensium, samaritanorum, chaldaeorum & hebrareorum, interpretationibus et epiphonemate germanico £1,139
€1,349
US$ 1,736
186 MARY I £10,799
€12,784
US$ 16,452
187 MERIAN (MATTHAEUS) Todten-Tantz, wie derselbe in der löblichen und weit-berühmten Stadt Basel, als ein Spiegel menschlicher Beschaffenheit £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
188 MONNOYER (JEAN BAPTISTE) Livre de toutes sortes de fleurs d'après nature] £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
189 MORE (THOMAS) A fruteful and pleasaunt worke of the beste state of a publyque weale, and of the newe yle called Utopia; written in Latine by Syr Thomas More knyght, and translated into Englyshe by Raphe Robynson, at the procurement, and earnest request of George Tadlowe citezein [and] haberdassher of the same citie, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION £62,399
€73,868
US$ 95,060
191 NAVAL - OMMANNEY £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
192 NAVAL - PEABODY £659
€781
US$ 1,005
193 NAVAL JOURNAL £9,599
€11,364
US$ 14,624
194 NAVAL and MILITARY - HODGE FAMILY £455
€539
US$ 694
195 NAVAL – BARRETTO JUNIOR £659
€781
US$ 1,005
196 NELSON (HORATIO) £4,559
€5,398
US$ 6,946
197 NELSON (HORATIO) £779
€923
US$ 1,188
198 NAVAL – BELLEROPHON £719
€852
US$ 1,096
199 PAMPHLETS BEATSON (ROBERT) An Essay on the Comparative Advantages of Vertical and Horizontal Wind-Mills £3,839
€4,545
US$ 5,849
201 PHILLIPPS (Sir THOMAS) £2,399
€2,841
US$ 3,656
202 PHYSICS FEYNMAN (RICHARD PHILLIP) and numerous others, contributors. The Physical Review. A Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics established by E.L. Nichols in 1893, vol. 57-71, 74-77, 80-86, 88-90, together 26 vol. £599
€710
US$ 914
203 PINETTI (GIUSEPPE) Physical Amusements and Diverting Experiments. Composed and Performed in Different Capitals of Europe, and in London £3,839
€4,545
US$ 5,849
204 POLITICS - HENRY STANLEY and JOSEPH LISTER £575
€681
US$ 877
205 PRISON HISTORY – FEMALE CONVICTS £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
206 READ (DAVID CHARLES) £7,199
€8,523
US$ 10,968
207 RADCLIFFE (MARY ANN)] Radzivil. A Romance. Translated from the Russ of the Celebrated M. Wocklow, 3 vol. £2,039
€2,414
US$ 3,107
208 RELIEF OF CAPTIVES AT ALGIERS Collection of 8 printed bonds issued to raise funds for the relief of captives at Algiers, made out in the name of John Ramsay of London, in Latin and English and with names, dates and the goods being taxed ("french wine", "holland cheese" etc.) completed in manuscript £2,279
€2,699
US$ 3,473
209 ROBERTS (DAVID) Egypt and Nubia... With Historical Descriptions by William Brockendon, 3 vol. in 2 £16,799
€19,887
US$ 25,593
210 ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, 3 vol. £38,399
€45,457
US$ 58,498
211 ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia... With Historical Descriptions by The Revd. George Croly, 3 vol. in 2 £10,199
€12,074
US$ 15,538
212 ROBERTS (DAVID) The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia... With Historical Descriptions by the Revd. George Croly, vol. 1 and 3 only (of 3) £7,559
€8,949
US$ 11,516
213 ROME DU PERAC (ETIENNE) I vestigi dell'antichita di Roma raccolti et ritratti in perspettiva £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
214 ROME KIRCHER (ATHANASIUS) Latium. Id est, nova & parallela Latii tum veteris tum novi descriptio £1,799
€2,130
US$ 2,742
215 ROME OVERBEKE (BONAVENTURA VAN) Stampe degli avanzi dell' antica Roma... per comodo pubblico a propria spesa rinovate, assistite e accresciute da Giacomo Amiconi £1,019
€1,207
US$ 1,553
217 ROYALTY £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
218 ROYALTY - NICHOLAS and ALEXANDRA A large photograph to commemorate the engagement of Nicholas and Alexandra at Coburg, with Queen Victoria surrounded by her German relations and Russian Grand Dukes £3,839
€4,545
US$ 5,849
219 ROYALTY - QUEEN VICTORIA £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
220 ROYALTY - QUEEN VICTORIA An album containing 20 cabinet cards and 42 cartes-de-visite, many of Queen Victoria and her family, including German relations, and one of JOHN BROWN, INSCRIBED BY QUEEN VICTORIA £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
221 ROYALTY - ROMANOVS A very good collection of 69 photographic portraits, principally of Russian royalty and nobility by St. Petersburg photographers, together with other sovereigns, statesmen and notables £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
222 SAND (GEORGE) £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
224 SCOTLAND £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
225 SCOTLAND – EDINBURGH £479
€568
US$ 731
226 SCOTT (WALTER) £899
€1,065
US$ 1,371
227 SHAKESPEARE – ELLEN TERRY and HENRY IRVING £4,319
€5,113
US$ 6,581
228 SCOTLAND £479
€568
US$ 731
229 SHELLEY (MARY) Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus. By the author of the Last Man, Perkin Warbeck, &c... Revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new introduction, by the author £659
€781
US$ 1,005
230 SHROPSHIRE - HAWKSTONE and JOHN CLOWES Two finely presented nineteenth century albums, compiled from materials relating to participants in "The Hawkstone Meeting" held at Hawkstone Hall in Shropshire £959
€1,136
US$ 1,462
231 SHROPSHIRE – HAUGHMOND ABBEY £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
233 SHROPSHIRE – WHITMORE FAMILY £599
€710
US$ 914
234 SICILY, ILLUMINATED DIPLOMA Doctor's diploma conferred upon Giovanni de Fatio by the Law Faculty of the University of Catania £1,919
€2,272
US$ 2,924
235 SODDY (FREDERICK) The Interpretation of the Atom, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S COPY, HEAVILY ANNOTATED THROUGHOUT FOR A PROJECTED REVISED EDITION £2,639
€3,125
US$ 4,021
237 SPEKE and GRANT GRANT (JAMES AUGUSTUS) A Walk Across Africa, or Domestic Scenes from My Nile Journal, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY TO SPEKE'S MOTHER £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
239 SPEKE (JOHN HANNING) What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, FIRST EDITION £1,019
€1,207
US$ 1,553
240 SPEKE (JOHN HANNING) What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile £1,019
€1,207
US$ 1,553
241 SPEKE (JOHN HANNING)] A collection of three African spears £1,175
€1,392
US$ 1,791
242 SPEKE (JOHN HANNING) A portrait miniature of John Hanning Speke £899
€1,065
US$ 1,371
244 SPEKE (JOHN HANNING) Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, FIRST EDITION £503
€596
US$ 767
245 SPEKE and GRANT OLIVER (DANIEL, editor) and JAMES AUGUSTUS GRANT. Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition. An Enumeration of the Plants Collected during the Journey of the Late Captain J.H. Speke and Captain (Now Lieut-Col.) J.A. Grant from Zanzibar to Egypt.... with an Introductory Preface, Alphabetical List of Native Names, and Notes by... J. August Grant, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY FROM GRANT TO MRS SPEKE £1,439
€1,704
US$ 2,193
246 SPITZER COLLECTION La collection Spitzer. Antiquité - Moyen-Age - Renaissance, 6 vol., NUMBER 7 of 600 COPIES £1,199
€1,420
US$ 1,828
247 STEPHENSON (GEORGE) £2,999
€3,551
US$ 4,570
248 STEPHENSON (GEORGE) £1,679
€1,988
US$ 2,559
249 TUDOR BINDING BONIFACE VIII, Pope. Sextus decretaliu[m] liber per Bonifacium octavum... in Ludunesnis consilio editus, [16 October, 1519]; CLEMENT V, Pope. Clementis Pape quinti Singulares constitutionum textus. Tam XX Extrauagantium XXII Johannis Pape. Q[uam] Decretalium extrauagantium a Romanis Pontificibus post peractum Bonifacii Librum Sextum emanantium florent, [8 November, 1519], 2 works in one vol. £2,759
€3,267
US$ 4,204
251 VANVITELLI (LUIGI) Dichiarazione dei disegni del reale palazzo di Caserta £5,759
€6,818
US$ 8,774
252 VERSTAGEN (RICHARD)] Theatrum crudelitatum hereticorum nostri temporis £2,159
€2,556
US$ 3,290
253 WATERLOO £839
€994
US$ 1,279
254 WELLESLEY FAMILY £359
€426
US$ 548
256 WORDSWORTH (WILLIAM) £5,399
€6,392
US$ 8,226
257 X-RAYS RÖNTGEN (WILHELM CONRAD) Weitere Beobachtungen über die Eigenschaften der X-Strahlen [extract from Mathematische und Naturwissenshaftliche Mittheilungen, the Journal of the Prussian Academy of Sciences] £1,079
€1,278
US$ 1,645
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